Bayo snatches win to leave Canaries in free fall

VAKOUN BAYO came off the bench to snatch an 86th-minute winner for injury-ravaged WATFORD and give the next NORWICH manager plenty to ponder. The search for dean smith’s successor is nearing an end, with former huddersfield manager david Wagner expected to get the nod. he would inherit a side that was top in september and is now in 11th place. Watford won 1-0 at Carrow road despite having 10 key players out injured — with three more picking up knocks during the game — two new signings not yet eligible and hassane Kamara suspended. Manager slaven bilic said: ‘it was a great result considering all the difficulties. sometimes you have to give more than the maximum.’ leaders BURNLEY were not at their free-flowing best but still won their sixth league game in a row, 2-1 at SWANSEA. left back ian Maatsen curled in a low free-kick and then lashed home from outside the area to put Vincent Kompany’s men two ahead. swansea’s oliver Cooper pulled a goal back before the half-hour, but burnley held on. ‘We burned up a lot of energy in the wrong way in the first half,’ said Kompany. ‘but in the second half we just went again.’ John egan scored a late equaliser as second-placed SHEFFIELD UNITED drew 1-1 at QPr. ilias Chair had put the home side ahead in the 11th minute.

WEST BROM continued their march up the table with a 1-0 win at home to READING courtesy of daryl dike’s diving header. They have taken 24 points from a possible 30 since Carlos Corberan became head coach in october. in league one, SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY leapfrogged ipswich into second with a 5-0 drubbing of CAMBRIDGE. Josh Windass was the owls’ hero with a hat-trick. IPSWICH slipped down a place after drawing 1-1 at LINCOLN, despite playing half the match against 10 men when Adam Jackson was sent off.